The baby boom created an exceptional academic job market for women

Evidence

In 1964, institutions of higher education in the United States were gearing up for the anticipated onslaught of baby boomers who would be reaching college age in a few years. Demand for PhDs to fill teaching positions in research universities and liberal arts colleges was high; doors were open to women as well as men, and federally funded graduate fellowships were widely available. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2466

Categorization

• XREF: Supports the earlier passage’s claim about birth timing opening opportunities; a concrete institutional mechanism for the demographic advantage. — connects to: Industrialization converted women from producers to consumers and opened teaching to them — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 701